title: Surgical treatment of nasal obstruction secondary to craniofacial fibrous dysplasia.
abstract: Craniofacial fibrous dysplasia, a skeletal disorder most often affecting the mandible or maxilla, can cause a variety of complications. Nasal obstruction secondary to this unusual disorder presents a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. The nasal obstruction in this case is due to expansion of fibrous lesions in adjacent bones as well as direct involvement of the turbinates with fibrous dysplasia. We describe the surgical correction of nasal obstruction in this unique setting and present a brief update of this intriguing disorder.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of California, San Fancisco Medical Center, Hayward.
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Stompro
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bunkis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005357:Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone / Q000150:complications*; D005359:Fibrous Dysplasia, Polyostotic / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015508:Nasal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D012886:Skull / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed